Office Pro Windows 7, netbook support in the works

The Windows Home Server (WHS) team announced on July 17 that its subsequent update — slated to go to testers this week — will add support for Windows 7 clients.The beta of that update,Microsoft Office 2010 Home And Student, known as Power Pack 3, is slated to be made available to testers via the Microsoft Connect site on Friday. (Power Packs are basically the equivalent of feature packs.)In a posting to the Windows House Server blog, staff members itemized some of the new features coming with the Power Pack 3 rollup. On the short list: Backup and restore support for computers running Windows 7The inclusion of Windows Search 4Integration with Windows 7 librariesVarious enhancements for Windows Media Center,Microsoft Office Professional 2010, including TV archivingBetter support for netbooks According to the post,Office 2007 Activation, the group;s goal is to release the final Power Pack 3 code before October 22, the date Windows 7 will go on sale at retail. From the post:“Timing of the Power Pack 3 final release has not been determined. With your help to test the Beta,Office Professional 2007 Key, we hope to release the update prior to the Windows 7 General Availability date of October 22. Power Pack 3 will be a free update to existing Windows Property Server users via Windows Update.”Microsoft rolled out Power Pack 2 in March. Microsoft is working on a major update to Windows Property Server, codenamed “Vail,Office Pro,” but there;s no new word on the whereabouts of that version.